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Yes, we know. This remake is slap in the face to the Ahnold. Even director Len Wiseman seems a little sheepish about it in his latest interview. Just remember, even the “original” Schwarzenegger engine wasn’t an original, either. It was an adaptation, of course, of Philip K. Dick‘s classic short story, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. Before you see the movie, read it! To commemorate the release of the new film, Amazon has released the story under the latter day title, Total Recall.
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I’m not sold on the remake and will probably wait for it to come out on Netflix/Amazon Prime/Hulu/Cable, but I bought the short story.
I have low expectations, myself, but I can’t say the last one was all that masterful. This one is, apparently, closer to the short story. We shall see.
According to the New York Times review, “this Total Recall has less to do with Dick than its predecessor did.”
In fact, in the advisory to parents, they go on to say, “It has action violence, brief nudity and swearing, though more of that is likely to come from Philip K. Dick fans in the audience.”
After reading the short story I can understand the reaction PKD fans would have, but they should have had that in 1990 and only expected further distance from the story in the new version.
So has anyone seen the movie? I’m thinking of seeing it this weekend.
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